Drum beaters In JAMMU same as Town Criers of America of past .

Drum beaters went around the city of Jammu announcing orders of Chief judicial magistrate about certain people to appear in front of the court or the special investigating team .It must have been unusual circumstance for the court to adopt such a method.I am not a sociologist or an anthropologist to understand all the effects of such an activity.Is it common in Srinagar? do they do the same thing for people wanted in terrorist infected areas or it is weapon for harassing ordinary citizens.

Many questions come to mind.

My understanding is that seldom orders of the court have been delivered with town criers in recent times.Is it another weapon in the armoury of state.Town criers normally inform about events,meetings,weddings in the town .announcements of auctions have also been done in such a manner.If you have any ideas please share. It was a news item in The Tribune paper in section covering Kashmir.

In the paper i also noticed how all the important posts in the state are being filled by people from Kashmir not Jammu.It is doubly suspect as many of the Pandits who have become internally displaced people in Kashmir live in Jammu.This continuously keeps the wounds raw .When not enough attention is paid to the sensitivities of the minorities in this case Hindu's of Jammu and Kashmir, atmosphere of distrust develops which is bad for the community as well as national harmony.

Violence, economic loss & role playing

Try this experiment if you dare . Just imagine if you will.

Go to a friends house ask for a glass of water. When water comes without malice and anger smash the glass on the ground .If your friend looks at you in amazement and a little perturbed or lot angrier and mad, pay him cost of the glass which may be between one to ten dollars and see the reaction Actually pay ten dollars to make sure you have compensated enough for the financial loss.Now imagine the roles reversed .How would you react to the same situation.

This exercise is to make the point of destruction of property as violence to the soul and disrespect to the divinity.In above mentioned case the smashing of the glass without malice and anger and with compensation left everything off kilter and even when done by a friend in least hurtful manner. Add the elements of disrespect ,anger and brutality and abuse normally part of such destruction( like burning of homes and other violence by mobs )
Add to the scenario you are part of a weak minority without support of the law and order agencies and history of culprits going unpunished .That is a very tragic situation to live in.

Sadly this is happening in Gojra to the Christians and Sikhs in malkand ,Shia ,Ahmadia's and Sufi,s of Pakistan.It has continued without government doing enough to check these trends.

We should all get together against violence .Sadly several years ago these atrocities happened in Shantinagar (peace city).Some times violence only can neutralise violence.It should be tool of state under prudent control to bring justice and peace
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This type of violence is not limited to Pakistan but it seems to be systematic problem . In India Kashmiri pundits have been unable to live in their ancestor homes for over 20 years after the violence on them . Government has a little better record of protecting Muslims and other minorities than they have for for Kashmirs Pandits.

Protection of innocent is the duty of the government and it is required to perform it.